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SELF DO, SELF
Symbolifed moft faithfully,
Type moft apt of Human Kind.
Well obferve how ev'ry one,
Picking, fcratching here and there,
Looks to felf, and felf alone,
Recklefs how his neighbours fare.
Not a bird among them all
Shews another bird a grain,
Tells him where he faw one fall,
Nor aflifts, that he may gain :
Each, on his fole profit bent,
Plies with beak and claws apace ;
Woe to thofe who, negligent,
Lofe their chance, or mifs the place !
Poultry of the felf-fame mould,
Grafping, fnatching all they can,
Have been found 'mong Young and Old,
Ever fince the World began.
Hence, young friends, if you would get
Something in Life's Scramble too,
Keep a fharp look-out, nor let
Others match the grain from you.
sum egomet mihi. TERENT. And. iv. i.
WIE brengt'er water tot sijn buer-mans buys, als sijn eygen buys brant ?
ELCK wil de boter op sijn
koeck hebben.
ELCK voor hem selven, en Godt voor ons alien.
CHACUN tire 1'eau a son moulin.
CHACUN estudie pour soy.
CHACUN tire a son profit.
QUISQUE suae casas.
A LA Cour du Roy
Chacun pour soy.
AIDE TOI, DIEU T'AIDERAS.
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